Raikeswood POW Camp and the 1919 national railway strike
THE railways were on strike. The government was threatening to cut railwaymen’s wages. For nine days hardly a train moved at a time when main…
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Part two of the Herald's history feature: Can prisoner Otto reunite with Lizzie?
Part two of historian Alan Roberts’ trilogy on love letters sent from Skipton prisoner, Otto Goerg, to his girlfriend Lizzie, in Berlin.
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Part two of the Herald's history feature: Can prisoner Otto reunite with Lizzie?
Part two of historian Alan Roberts’ trilogy on love letters sent from Skipton prisoner, Otto Goerg, to his girlfriend Lizzie, in Berlin.
Source: cravenherald.co.uk
Love letters straight from the heart
AN exhibition of love letters sent from Raikeswood Camp prisoner Otto Goerg to his sweetheart, Lizzie Krenz, is in an indoor display near the…
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Love story from a Raikeswood prisoner
Historian Alan Roberts brings you part one of three love stories from Raikeswood Camp. Watch out for parts two and three.
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Many Skipton people were overweight, said German prisoners of war at Raikeswood camp
German officers held in Skipton recorded minute details of their lives in the book ‘Kriegsgefangen in Skipton’, writes historian Alan Roberts Some drew sketches and others opened up their diaries for scrutiny by the historians of the future. Their book was so carefully compiled by its editors. One delayed his return to teaching to work on it, while another took time off from the German Navy. Skipton Camp functioned as a self-governing republic and the British were primarily concerned ab...
Source: cravenherald.co.uk